Their hearts seemed won to the right,
but the work is the Lord's. May he save them from this temptation.
"In the afternoon, I began to talk with Sanum without feeling, but
ended in tears. I did not ask questions, but carefully explained the
difficulties and the fight of faith, also the special grace of God
to his people. When I said to her, 'I want you to enlarge your
heart, and take in one more besides the two women whom you now labor
with,' she selected a very ignorant one. I am afraid that I do
differently, seeking rather an easy work.
"_February 22d_. This afternoon I sent for Nargis. I had never
thought of her as a Christian, but I found that I was greatly
mistaken. It is all my own fault. I had seldom met her, and never
prayed with her. I commenced: 'Do you think yourself a Christian?'
'I do.' 'How long have you thought so?' 'About eight years.' 'How is
it that I have not known it?' 'Yakob was my pastor, and since he
left I have had none.' Then she told of her awakening, and
sufferings for Christ's sake, between her betrothal and her
marriage. 'I used to go to evening meetings with Yakob, and on my
return my uncle would take me by the braids of my hair and throw me
on the ground, saying, "You go because there are young men there.
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